TDAP opens applications for Safety and Health Expo to be held in UK

KARACHI: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has sought applications from companies looking to participate in ‘Safety and Health Expo’ to...

Exports achieve 16.5 pc growth, set to contribute 0.8 pc to GDP

ISLAMABAD: According to officials at the Ministry of Commerce, exports which had been increasing since June 2017 have continued the trend during February 2018...

Silk Road initiative to be free of backroom deals: Chinese foreign minister

BEIJING: China’s huge Belt and Road initiative to build a new Silk Road will respect global rules and be free of “backroom...

Standard Chartered declares pre-tax profit of Rs13.5bn, down 12.33pc YoY

LAHORE: Standard Chartered Pakistan announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2017, on Friday. Profit before tax was Rs13.5 billion...

PPL discovers hydrocarbons in Adhi South, Rawalpindi district

LAHORE: In a notification sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) notified the bourse that the company has...

APTMA set to invest $7bn in garment sector

LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has announced the establishment of 1,000 garment manufacturing plants worth $7 billion, reported an English...

Auto assemblers move to Punjab as NIP fails to deliver

LAHORE: Auto assemblers are shifting their investments from Bin Qasim Industrial Park (BQIP) and Korangi Creek Industrial Park (KCIP) due to bureaucratic...

NBP inaugurates ‘Aitemaad’ islamic banking branch

ISLAMABAD: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) in its quest to promote Islamic Banking in Pakistan has inaugurated another new branch of...

Sindh Bank declares pre-tax profit of Rs2182.4mn

KARACHI: The Board of Directors of Sindh Bank in their meeting held on March 7, 2018, reviewed and approved the audited financial...

US Commercial Service to lead delegation of Pakistani companies to NPEW

KARACHI: The United States Commercial Service (USCS) will lead a delegation of Pakistani companies to the Natural Products Expo West/Engredea (NPEW), to...

PM inaugurates Nashpa Oil and Gas, LPG project with high hopes

KARAK: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi here Thursday arrived at Karak district and inaugurated Neshpa Oil and Gas and LPG project. Upon arrival,...

CPEC opens new avenues of value-addition in textile garments sector: FCCI

FAISALABAD: Instead of just sticking to the export of raw or semi-finished products, the industrialisation phase of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has...

Adviser to PM on finance meets representatives of foreign banks

  ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Miftah Ismail held a meeting with senior representatives of various foreign banks based in Pakistan,...

CCP issues show cause notice to PFMA for collusive practices 

KARACHI: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued Show Cause Notice to Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) for prima facie violating...

OICCI launches ‘Heroes Leadership Lounge’ on International Women’s Day

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has launched the ‘Heroes Leadership Lounge’ as part of its celebrations for...